THEME EXPLORATION

money theft

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Nagisa Oshima
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
Gomorrah
Gomorrah
2008 · Matteo Garrone
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
A Calamitous Elopement
A Calamitous Elopement
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Belle of the Nineties
Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Leo McCarey
Big City
Big City
1937 · Frank Borzage
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His film 'Shoot the Piano Player' and 'Stolen Kisses' explore moral ambiguity and theft as a lens for examining class struggle and human desperation.

 Jean-Pierre Melville France

His masterpiece 'Bob le Flambeur' and 'Le Cercle Rouge' define the heist genre by treating elaborate thefts as philosophical examinations of fate, honor, and criminal codes.

 Molly Manning Walker United States

His films like 'Heat' and 'Thief' dissect money theft through the psychology of criminals and cops, exploring obsession, identity, and the price of ambition.